I'm just a singer, a natural born guitar ringerKind of a clinger to sad old songsI'm not a walk-behinder, I'm a new note finderBut my name's a reminder of a blues man that's already gone

So I started drinkin', took some things that messed up my thinkin'I was sure sinkin' when she came alongI was alone in the spot light, not too much left in sightShe changed all that one night when she sang me this song

Hey baby, I love you, hey baby, I need youHey baby, you don't have to prove to me you're some kind of macho manYou've wasted so much of your life runnin' through the dark nightsLet me shine a little love light down on you, blues man

I got sick from speedin' all the things they said I was needingIf I was to keep on pleasing all of my fansI got cuffed on dirt roads, I got sued over no showsShe came and took all that old load down off of this blues man

And I sang hey baby, I love you too, hey baby, I need you tooHey baby, I do get tired of this traveling band, I know you do get tired

I'm up in my years now, nights would be so cold nowIf you hadn't stuck it out with this blues manOh, I'm up in my years now, nights would be oh so cold nowIf she hadn't hung around with this blues man